Sam Costen
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1882 McKenzie, Tennessee |
| Died | January 21, 1955 (aged 72) Memphis, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1906–1908 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1909–1910 | The Citadel |
| 1911–1912 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1913–1919 | Blytheville HS (AR) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–7–2 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× All-Southern (1906, 1907) | |
Samuel Cutter Costen[1] (May 18, 1882 – January 21, 1955)[2] was an American football player and coach. Costen was a quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. As a player, he weighed some 150 pounds. He was the third head football at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, serving two seasons, from 1909 to 1910, and compiling a record of 7–7–2.[3] He also coached in .
Costen graduated from Vanderbilt in 1908 with an LL.B degree.[4] He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.[5]
Costen was the first head football coach at Blytheville High School in Blytheville, Arkansas, leading the team from 1913 to 1919. He died on January 21, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had lived in the 1930s.[6]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1910) | |||||||||
| 1909 | The Citadel | 4–3–2 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
| 1910 | The Citadel | 3–4 | 1–3 | ||||||
| The Citadel: | 7–7–2 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–7–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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- ^ "Citadel Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Costen, Crabtree, & Costen". Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: 2624.
- ^ Alpha Tau Omega (1955). The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Father of Chick Football Passes". Blytheville Courier News. Blytheville, Arkansas. January 22, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved June 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1955 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- The Citadel Bulldogs football coaches
- Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- High school football coaches in Arkansas
- All-Southern college football players
- People from McKenzie, Tennessee
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- Baseball players from Tennessee